Tuesday February 21, 7pm

Poets & Prophets Presents

Kimmika L. H, Williams-Witherspoon

Professor, Poet, Playwright, Lecturer, Director, and performance Artist. She holds a Ph.D (Anthropology); MA (Anthropology); MFA (Theater); Graduate Certificate (Women’s Studies); B.A. (Journalism); Kimmika is a two-time recipient of the Future Faculty Fellowship, at Temple University; and is currently an Assistant Professor of Theater History in the Theater Department at Temple University.

Winner of the PEW Charitable Trusts Fellowship in the Arts for Scriptwriting(2000); the 1999, winner of the DaimlerChrysler “Spirit of the Word” National Poetry Competition at Seattle, Washington’s Unity’99 Conference and the DaimlerChrysler Regional Poetry Contest for Philadelphia, the 1996, Lila Wallace Creative Arts Fellowship with the American Antiquarian Society and Dr. Williams-Witherspoon is also a two-time returning playwright with the Minneapolis Playwrights’ Center and Pew Charitable Trusts Playwrights Exchange. A one time Arts Producer for public radio, she was also cited for outstanding journalism by the Philadelphia Veterans Administration. And she has stage credits. Williams is a contributing poet to several anthologies including Bum Rush the Page; Houston Poetry Fest Anthology, Houston Poetry Fest Anthology; Spirit of the Words: Moving Through Poetry etc. The author of eight books of poetry, her latest is They Never Told me there’d Be Days Like This. Williams is a recipient of numerous Residency, Teaching and Community Service Awards, including citations from City Council, The Goode Admin., the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and the key to the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania by Mayor James P. Connors in 1992.
Her adventures as a Recording Artist include a new CD Spoken Word long with the ground-breaking cassette, DON’T CALL ME A BITCH, (1985) on the Mark Hyman Associates label. Up-coming projects include, the soon-to-be released short story collection, Never Alone: Tales from the ‘Hood. Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon, PH.D., is a contributing poet to several anthologies and is the author of seven volumes of poetry. She is recipient of numerous awards and honors, including: the Pew Charitable Trust Fellowship in Screenwriting; the Daimler Chrysler “Spirit of the Word” National Poetry Competition; and the Lila Wallace Creative Arts Fellowship.

Tuesday, December 20, 7pm – Poetry

Poets & Prophets Presents the Pre-Solstice Open Reading

Tuesday, October 18, 7pm – Poetry
Poets & Prophets Presents
Lois Marie Harrod

Lois Marie Harrod presently teaches Creative Writing and supervises student teachers at The College of New Jersey as well as teaches in the Evergreen Forum at Princeton Senior Resource Center. Her collection of poems Brief Term has just been published by Black Buzzard Press. Her Cosmogony won the 2010 Flyway Hazel Lipa Chapbook contest (Iowa State University) and her Furniture won the 2008 Grayson Press Poetry Prize. Earlier books include Firmament, Put Your Sorry Side Out, Spelling the World Backwards, This Is a Story You Already Know, Part of the Deeper Sea, Every Twinge a Verdict, Crazy Alice and Green Snake Riding. Over 400 of her poems have appeared online, in anthologies and in journals including American Poetry Review, Blueline, The MacGuffin, Salt, The Literary Review, Verse Daily and Zone3.

Tuesday, July 19, 7pm – Poetry

Poets & Prophets Presents

Scott Norman

An Open reading follows the Feature Reading. Donations are accepted.

Scott Norman is a self-described “Agitator and Poet”. He has read at Bacchanal, Cafe Kairo, Highwire Gallery, The Middle East Restaurant, Nexus Gallery, The Painted Bride Arts Center, The Philadelphia Ethical Society, Voices and Visions and Zone One Gallery, along with numerous other Bookstores and Gelleries in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He states that his work reflects “disability, particularly the hidden” Scott has studied with Steven Dunn, among others. His work involves both Poetry and song and he comes from the spoken word tradition. He has recently been sending his work out, resulting in publication in Philadelphia Poets, among others. He is now working on his first chapbook. As an Activist, he has formed Phantom Rose Express, which works with homeless individuals in both New Jersey and Philadelphia. At one time he helped with clothing and transportation issues. Now he is turning more towards working with homeless Poets. He has been involved with many initiatives as a Staff Member of Poets and Prophets (previous); He helped coordinate one aspect of our Fringe Programs (Homeless and Disabled Poets) and was our Representative in the 2007 Version of Independence Starts Here and helped coordinate our programs there. Over the last year, he performed at Copa Banana, the late great Germ Books and Staten Island Cable TV with “Phantom Rose Assembly”. He also has recited at Magic Gardens on June 30th and “Wine O’s” Tuesday Night Series. He reports he’s focusing more on Art than activism, poetry than politics. Lastly, he’s currently doing theatre photography on a barter or volunteer basis.

Tuesday, June 21, 7pm – Poetry

Poets & Prophets Presents

RW Dennen & Anne-Adele Wight

Anne-Adele Wight experiments with different styles that surprise her constantly. She has written two chapbooks and, more recently, a long poem in sections, Liberty’s Creature. A third chapbook is asking to be released soon. Anne-Adele’s work has appeared in American Writing, Philadelphia Poets, Tabula Rasa, Shrike, Mad Poets Review, Philadelphia Writers’ Conference Anthology, and The Dariens. She has read at many local venues and is Vice President of the series Poets and Prophets. In her daily life she works as an editor and lives with her husband and two cats. Sometimes she doesn’t know what she’s writing until the piece declares itself done.

Tuesday, May 17, 7pm – Poetry

Poets & Prophets Presents

Carlos Soto Roman

Carlos Soto Roman was born in Valparaíso, Chile. He is the author of La Marcha de los Quiltros (The Mongrel’s march,1999), Haiku Minero (Miner Haiku, 2007) and Cambio y Fuera (Over and Out, 2009). He resides in Philadelphia and is a member of The New Philadelphia Poets

Laura Spagnoli

Laura Spagnoli is a poet and fiction writer inspired lately by the Broad Street subway line, direct mail advertising, constellations you can see from the city, and parrots. Her poems have recently appeared in paper and on-line lit mags such as onandonscreen.net, Sleetmagazine.com, The Apiary, and E. Pluribus Unum, and one of her stories was published in the 2010 collection Philadelphia Noir. She lives south of South Street and teaches French at Temple University.

Tuesday, February 15,  7pm – Poetry

Poets & Prophets Presents

Donnie Means

Celebrating Black History Month, open reading follows

Tuesday, January 18, 7pm – Poetry

Poets & Prophets Presents What Now?

Open Reading